Rime of the Ancient Mariner Mug
Literary mugs, that celebrate my love of books and their illustrations! This time I present:
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" mug. The poem by S.M. Coleridge is perhaps one of the best known poems that people have never heard or read... "water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink" is perhaps the most familiar line... My own first meeting with Coleridge was down to Iron Maiden's take on "The Rime..."
The poem is an allegory, and tells the tale of the mariner, who due to his own actions is cursed by Life-in-Death to wander the oceans and lands forever, to share his tale, punished for his ignorance and arrogance of man over the wonders of nature he saw all around him. Or at least, that's my interpretation.
The image on this mug show Death and Life-in-Death playing dice for the crew, from 'The Blue Poetry Book', Edited by Andrew Lang & illustrations by H. J. Ford and Lancelot Speed.
PRODUCT INFO
The mug is a high-quality, 11oz (300ml), bright-white finish. They are (approx) 9.5cm tall and 8cm diameter. Each is hand-printed in Yorkshire.
They are microwave & Dishwasher safe, though I recommend maximise the life-span of the mugs, please wash in the top tray of your dishwasher (from personal experience, I have over 300 washes on mugs I have made, with no colour fade or loss of gloss yet). As with all things, hand washing will achieve the greatest longevity.
The mugs are shipped in a plain cardboard smash-proof recyclable box.
(Please note: As the colour tint of monitors is not always the same, the exact colour of your items may be slightly different from that seen on a computer screen.)
